DesignView has added images from 44 IP offices outside the EU, meaning its functionality now covers data from all connected IP offices.

The total number of searchable images is over 111 million, an almost eight-fold increase, according to an announcement by EUIPO.

EUIPO and the EU IP offices launched DesignView in 2012 through the EU IP Network (EUIPN). It is now the world’s largest free online design database, covering 24 million industrial designs, and the world’s largest image-search system.

EUIPO states: “DesignView is a free, multilingual online consultation tool that enables users to search, view and compare industrial designs from participating IP offices worldwide in one platform. Available 24/7, it allows businesses, designers and examiners to visualise existing designs, assess novelty, monitor market trends and follow updates on registered designs. The tool also supports offices in examination processes and in assessing earlier rights.”